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Last week, in Downtown Brooklyn, a judge issued a stinging injunction against the city’s plan to open a homeless shelter on Crown Height’s Bergen Street. The planned shelter, the first of 90 new locations, would house 104 men over the age of 62. Since being announced, the facility has encountered fierce opposition from local residents who complain that there are already too many shelters in the neighborhood.

Other proposed shelters have also been announced for the community, with predictable reactions. On Friday, city councilwoman Laurie Cumbo and residents blasted the city’s plan to house homeless families at a residential building currently under construction on 267 Rogers Avenue.

Though company officials are maintaining a brave public face, this development can only be viewed as a substantial setback. San Francisco, with its bike-friendly and tech- forward culture, was viewed as one of the most promising locations for this new breed of bikeshare start-ups, and these early setbacks don’t bode well for future competitiveness in the market.

On Friday, a judge temporarily blocked the planned opening of a new homeless shelter on 1173 Bergen Street in Crown Heights. The ruling stands until another judge can issue a more permanent ruling, which will decide the project’s fate. DNA Info has a great write-up about the judge’s order, which you can read here

Recently when Bluegogo, a Chinese bikeshare company, announced plans for a Bay Area launch, public officials responded with a public smackdown. To the chagrin of public space managers, Bluegogo intended a repeat of their Chinese strategy; setting loose up to 100,000 bikes onto city streets, which would then become disorganized clutter on sidewalk racks. Citing this, city officials threatened to clip the company’s bikes and to, essentially, outlaw its operations. In response, Bluegogo resorted to a far more conservative operational model, but that hasn’t stopped the city from pursuing additional punitive measures, with the hopes of deterring copycats.

The report, which examines census tracts that are at risk of displacement by escalating housing costs, finds that 70% of the census tracts in the Bronx are at risk of displacement as the borough’s dense, walkable neighborhoods become attractive to wealthier residents who themselves are being squeezed out of pricier neighborhoods in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.